saintly

英 [ˈseɪntli]

美 [ˈseɪntli]

adj.  像圣人的; 非常圣洁善良的

最高级：saintliest　

GRE

BNC.20584 / COCA.19683

牛津词典

adj.

• 像圣人的；非常圣洁善良的
  like a saint ; very holy and good
  1. to lead a saintly life
     过着圣洁的生活

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 圣洁的;似圣徒的;善良的
  Asaintlyperson behaves in a very good or very holy way.
  1. ...his saintly mother...
     他圣洁善良的母亲
  2. She has been saintly in her self-restraint.
     她一直过着自我节制的圣徒式生活。

英英释义

adj

• marked by utter benignity
  1. angelic beneficence
  2. a beatific smile
  3. a saintly concern for his fellow men
  4. my sainted mother
  Synonym:angelicangelicalbeatificsaintlikesainted

双语例句

• He could see that she had been patient all her life, so that now, after years of it, her lips were set in a gentle and saintly smile.
  他看得出，她一生都很有耐心，经过多年的忍耐以后，现在她的嘴边总挂着一丝温柔、圣洁的微笑。
• Mother Teresa is famous for all of her saintly deeds.
  特蕾莎修女因为她的高尚品德而闻名于世。
• Even the sanctioned "lives of saints" in print contain numerous traditional motifs from folk sources, and saintly influences continue to be manifested, according to folk accounts both from Europe and the United states, in many cases never validated by the church.
  而即使是那些钦准的有关“圣徒生活”的版本中，也留下无数民间传颂的烙印。至于种种圣迹的影响，也是依欧美各地的传说得以延存，虽然在许多情况下未经教会的认同。
• Or start repeating a word, or a phrase, or some mantra, perhaps the name of a god or saintly person towards whom you have devotion;
  或是重复一个字、一句话、持咒语、或者持诵一个你信仰的某尊神或圣者的名号。
• He was not at all a religious or saintly man.
  他根本不是个虔诚的或者说圣徒式的人物。
• The learning style of the Song Dynasty, which sought for being saintly at heart and spiritually satisfactory, becomes an important aspect forming the core of the culture of the Song Dynasty.
  以追求内圣、精神的圆满自足为目标的宋学，构成了宋型文化的基本内核的重要方面。
• Do they believe that consumer innovation, technological advance and the funding for taxation emerge from the saintly public sector?
  他们是不是认为消费创新、技术进步、税收资金都是从神圣的公共部门来的？
• In American society, some non-systematic factors& the way of saintly contract, group consciousness and legal consciousness play an important role in its educational reform.
  美国社会的一些非制度性因素&圣约方式、集团意识、法律意识等对其教育改革起了重要的作用。
• He led a virtuous, almost a saintly life.
  他过着道德高尚的、几乎是圣徒般的生活。
• Personally, he did not attempt to analyse the marvel of a saintly woman.
  就个人而言，他并没有费心去分析圣洁女子这种奇妙事物。